Valuation Office (Commitments)

HC Deb 14 December 1965 vol 722 cc226-7W

52. Mr. John Hall

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the increasing commitments of the Valuation Office which have made it necessary to abandon the quinquennial revaluation due in 1968.

Mr. Diamond

There are increasing commitments in connection with redevelopment schemes, housing, slum clearance, trunk roads and motorways; and new duties in connection with the Capital Gains Tax and the proposed Land Commission.